Princess Yang agreed and left first, but left Qiu Jinzhu behind, saying that she wanted the sisters to get close to each other, and also asked Qiu Jinzhu and Qiu Yilan to ask for advice on the rules and things to pay attention to when going out: "So as not to cause trouble for you. "
"Just pretend to be cute and cute." However, Qiu Yilan herself is not familiar with Princess Chunfu and her gang, so she doesn't know how to get in their way. So she held the teacup and thought for a while, then said directly to Qiu Jinzhu, "Are you good at this?"
Qiu Jinzhu had obviously been warned by Princess Yang before she came. She nodded obediently and said to please, "I will listen to my sister in everything!"
"I don't care who you end up clinging to after you go, but one thing is, don't make any plans for me! If you dare to deliberately trick me, I will take you out, but I can't guarantee that I will bring you back!" Qiu Yilan sipped. He drank some tea, and regardless of Qiu Jinzhu's complex expression after hearing this, he put the tea bowl on the table and said, "If you have nothing else to do, go back and think about how to dress up on the day you go out."
Qiu Jinzhu asked cautiously: "I wonder what Fifth Sister you were wearing that day?"
"You don't have to worry about this." Qiu Yilan saw at a glance that she was deliberately being low-key and said casually, "Even if we match our clothes, can you steal my limelight?"
Qiu Jinzhu immediately bit her lip, and then forced a smile: "Sister is saying that I am confused. Sister is so beautiful, how can I possibly match her even if I dress up?"
It was easy for her to maintain her forced smile until she left the courtyard, and it turned into a gloomy one!
The maids did not dare to say a word and followed her cautiously.
Even so, after walking for a while, Qiu Jinzhu, who couldn't hold it back anymore, turned around, opened her arms from left to right, and slapped each of the two maids behind her: "Stupid thing! You can't even walk in broad daylight." In other words, who are you trying to scare?"
"My maid realizes her mistake!" Knowing that she was just looking for a punching bag, the two maids were so aggrieved that they vomited blood, but now they had to kneel down and beg for mercy in fear.
Qiu Jinzhu kicked them hard a few more times, scolded them nitpickingly for a while, then plucked their hair from their temples and said as if nothing was wrong: "Go to the concubine."
After entering Princess Yang's room, Princess Yang looked up and saw the fingerprints on the maid's face, and knew that her daughter had lost her temper again. She sighed inwardly, and with a wink, Xiuyan asked Xiuyan to lead the two maids down to comfort her. She called her daughter to her and asked, "Why are you asking about Lan and Tinghe again? Didn't I tell you that personal maids are different from rough servants?" Servant, you have to give me the dignity you deserve, otherwise who would be willing to work for you? "
Qiu Jinzhu was now in a state of impatience and she shed tears when she heard this: "Then why does Qiu Yilan think of me as a sister? She simply treated me like a slave and taught me a lesson! I saw that she spoke to the few maids in front of her. I'm gentle and considerate! So what if Princess Chunfu invited her? Besides, Princess Chunfu is the daughter of the Jiang family, so she must have invited people from Queen Jiang's group. Is it good?”
Princess Yang glanced at Xiunong, who hurriedly drove all the servants out of the room and guarded the door himself.
"Stop being such a petty person, it's your father's intention to ask you to go out with Qiu Yilan this time!" Seeing this, Princess Yang whispered, "Otherwise, who would be patient to deal with that person? Your father It's rare for the king to ask you to do something beautifully, so why should he love you?"
Qiu Jinzhu was stunned and asked in surprise: "Father? Why?"
Qiu Mengmin didn't care much about his children's legitimate concubines, he cared about being wise and foolish. The tragedy is that both Qiu Jinzhu and Qiu Yinzhi produced by Princess Yang were very mediocre. This disappointed Qiu Mengmin, and her thoughts gradually turned to Qiu Hongzhi, who was the best in comparison - especially Qiu Hongzhi. Since they got married, they have been very close to each other, but they have not delayed their studies. They have plans to participate in Qiu Wei this year. However, Qiu Yinzhi, who is twelve years old, has been so stubborn that his teacher complained all the time. In contrast, the seventh son will inherit the title of king. The hope is actually getting smaller and smaller.
... To put it bluntly, Qiu Jinzhu was surprised because Qiu Mengmin had no hope for his legitimate daughter, so he rarely saw his daughter in person, let alone told her what to do in person. Qiu Jinzhu couldn't help but feel very surprised when her mother-in-law said this.
"Why don't you worry about it? Anyway, when you go out with Qiu Yilan, you can go wherever she goes. Be thick-skinned and don't be afraid that she won't speak nicely - in front of so many people, all of them are rich ladies. Is it possible? Can she still hit you? It's just that she talks too much, and you just feel wronged and don't fight back, so you don't have to worry about a soft-hearted lady coming out to fight against you!"
Princess Yang knew that although her daughter was ruthless, the city government was really not that good. The couple suspected that Qiu Yilan would use this outing to discuss with Jiang Qizheng such a big matter as the missing part of the property in the Xihe Palace. How could she dare to tell them? she? What if this silly daughter spills the beans or accidentally reveals it when Qiu Yilan lectures her in private... Qiu Yilan is on guard, how can she give them another chance
If Qiu Jinzhu didn't want to go now, and she was afraid that if she was forced to go, she would not be able to work hard and would not be able to keep an eye on Qiu Yilan, Princess Yang would not want to say anything.
Seeing this, Qiu Jinzhu was unhappy: "She is the princess and I am also the princess. Why should I give her orders?"
"You really don't want to help your brother?!" Princess Yang's face darkened, "Your sister-in-law Ding is about to give birth, and her pregnancy has long been confirmed to be a boy. What has your father been like for the past six months? It seems like that - not to mention the bitch of the Bian family who always tries his best to be nice... It's a waste that your brother is the only legitimate son, but he hasn't been invited to be crowned prince so far, if you don't help you at this juncture! Brother, if this palace falls into the hands of two despicable men, Qiu Hongzhi or Qiu Maozhi, have you forgotten the life Qiu Yilan spent in the past two years?"
Qiu Jinzhu was shocked when he heard this, and asked doubtfully: "What is going on?" It has something to do with his brother becoming the heir apparent!
"If you want to know, just ask your father yourself!" Princess Yang said angrily, "I asked you to spend more time keeping an eye on Qiu Yilan. You just need to get this done first - why are you worrying so much?"
"...Okay." Upon hearing this, Qiu Jinzhu knew that she couldn't find out, so she had no choice but to accept her promise.
But the mother and daughter didn't know it, because they were not the only ones eyeing Qiu Yilan during this outing.
In the backyard of the Huainan Prince's Mansion, she only wears new makeup. The gorgeous pomegranate-red myrobalan under the looming light pink gauze dress makes her skin look like creamy pink jade. She has been loved by her ever since she stepped into the Prince's Mansion, and even the Huainan Princess has to avoid her. The sharp Aunt Kang leaned on Chu Xiao's shoulder and coquettishly said, "I haven't seen my former sisters since I entered the mansion. I heard that Princess Chunfu invited my cousin to go on an outing at Jinxiu Slope in the south of the city. I also want to join in the fun!"
Chu Xiao, the king of Huainan, is over fifty years old. He has a face as heavy as a jujube, long eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and a beautiful beard. If he were twenty or thirty years younger, he would still be very handsome. Today's Huainan Prince Chu Weixian and Lihui Princess Chu Yitong are both famous for their handsome appearance in the clan because of his appearance.
At this moment, he was teasing a few colorful koi carps in the blue and white fish tank with sweet white glaze, and then sprinkled a handful of fish food. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "If you want to go, just go there. Jinxiu Slope is not far anyway." , I'll go back the same day - I can't delay in serving this king." When he said the last sentence, there was a lot of flirting in Chu Xiao's tone.
Kang Lizhang looked at his profile, which was now flabby and fat even though he still vaguely had the handsome features in his youth, and the spots that were easy to spot if he got closer - thinking that he was half a year younger than Princess Lihui, but he had to serve her every day. For such an old thing, the sorrow in her heart couldn't stop boiling - she tried her best to endure it, and cast a wink at Chu Xiao: "I speak softly, but my cousin is a princess - all the ladies in front of me... If I were alone Go ahead, God knows if you can talk to your cousin?"
Chu Xiao smiled: "What else does such a snobbish cousin want? Why don't you go and stay with me in the mansion? Or wait for me to take a rest before taking you there?" He threw the fish food casually and took it. Xue Pa next to her wiped her hands, turned around and pinched Kang Lizhang's cheeks, then touched her under her gauze with ill intentions.
"My cousin is not a snobbish person." Kang Lizhang coquettishly gave him a push and continued acting coquettishly, "I'm afraid that other people will have objections and my cousin will be wronged."
Chu Xiao narrowed his eyes: "Then what do you want?"
"I heard that Princess Lihui was making trouble in front of the princess two days ago. Would you like to go out to play?" Kang Lizhang looked at him expectantly.
It is obviously against the rules for a concubine to lead her daughter-in-law out. Although Chu Xiao dotes on her, he is still in the backyard of the palace. When he goes out, he may not allow her to do whatever he wants and let outsiders see the jokes of the Huainan Palace.
So she continued, "I think the princess seems to find it boring to stay in the palace all the time."
If Princess Huainan takes the lead, it would be logical for Chu Yitong or Kang Lizhang to follow. And with Princess Huainan sitting there, Kang Lizhang didn't have to worry about suffering a loss in front of those noble ladies - even if she suffered a loss, she would go to Princess Huainan and cry, because of her current favor, the princess would have to take the initiative on her behalf.
Kang Lizhang didn't want to experience being teased and humiliated in a gathering of noble ladies because of her birth.
After telling her purpose, she waited nervously for Chu Xiao's answer.
Chu Xiao took advantage of her young and soft body for a while, and then asked with a smile but not a smile: "If I promise you, how will you repay me?"
"The prince hates me..." Kang Lizhang breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out her jade-white arms, hooked them around his neck, and said delicately, "Everything is yours... How can I repay you?"
It had been less than two years since Kang Lizhang entered the Huainan Prince's Palace. No matter how favored she was, her foundation would not be comparable to that of the Huainan Princess.
So when she "repays" Chu Xiao, someone from the servants has sneaked away to report to Princess Huainan - the princess is the same age as Chu Xiao, and is now in her fifties. They have already raised their grandchildren. As for her husband's philandering, Compared with when I was young, I took it much lightly, but when I heard that Kang Lizhang wanted to meet her cousin decently and actually dragged herself and Princess Lihui along, I felt very unhappy: "Who does she think our mother and daughter are? If she wants us to go, we will go?”
He said to Chu Yitong, who happened to be in front of him: "We won't go! On that day I will say that I don't feel well, and you stay and take care of me! Let her do whatever she wants by herself!"
"Concubine, please don't be angry first." As a legitimate daughter, Chu Yitong didn't like Kang Lizhang, who did not disgrace his concubine because of his love. After hearing the servant's report, he rolled his eyes and said , "Then Aunt Kang has always been very cunning. She is just a cousin, so why does she need to get involved with us? From my daughter's point of view, she is probably just trying to find a reason to criticize you in front of her father!"
He suggested, "Since she wants us to go to Jinxiu Slope with her, what's the harm if we go? If she provokes someone who shouldn't be provoked, it's my mother and concubine who can smooth things over for her. Come home and don't be afraid of your father." The king doesn’t give her a look!”
Princess Huainan sighed: "Don't use those ideas! Although your father dotes on her, he is not stupid! She is just an aunt, so don't worry about such a person, because your father will not be happy if he finds out!"
"How can she blame her daughter if she caused the trouble herself?" Chu Yitong wanted to show Kang Lizhang for a long time. How could she let go of this opportunity when she was young enough to do good things? So she insisted on persuading the princess to go, "You also said that my father knows everything in his heart, so will he not know if you pretend to be sick? Why bother to make my father unhappy for such a thing?"
Princess Huainan knew that her daughter would be interested. Even if she claimed to be sick and refused to go, Chu Yitong would probably run out - so why not take her with her and keep an eye on her? He had no choice but to say: "Then go."